(Disclaimer: This transcript is auto-generated and may contain mistakes.) amen all right well we want to again thank everybody for being here tonight I did want to announce that we have a hundred and eighty eight people in church tonight praise the Lord for that and we are glad that you are here keep your place there in Psalm 33 if you would that's we're gonna come back to it here in a minute but I'd like you to go with me to the book of Jeremiah Jeremiah chapter 51 if you got your place in Psalms right after Psalms you have Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Jeremiah chapter number 51 and I'd like you to look down at verse number six Isaiah 51 verse 6 says this flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul be not cut off in his iniquity for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance he will render unto her a recompense notice verse 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand that made all the earth drunken the nations have drunk in her wine therefore the nations are mad in Psalm 51 excuse me in Jeremiah 51 Jeremiah actually 50 and 51 we have a passage in the book of Jeremiah dealing with what we refer to as end times Babylon and this is of course the nation at the end of the world at the at the what we refer to as prophetically the end times that is going to be the world that's going to unite the give the Antichrist the ability to be able to unite the world under a one-world government and a one-world religion Babylon physically literally of the time is being spoken here but prophetically we are speaking here about end times Babylon and what we see in this passage and I'm not going to take the time to explain that or go through that if you've never heard that before or if you're not sure what that means I would encourage you to check out our documentary called Babylon USA where it's you can find it on YouTube or we can try to get you a copy and we go through and explain all that what I want you to notice is in verse 7 it gives all this stuff about Babylon Babylon end times Babylon is generally a negative it's spoken of in a negative way it's a nation that's being used by the Antichrist to bring in a one-world government one-world religion all those things here in verse 7 we're told that Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand there's actually a positive reference to Babylon the fact that at one point it was used of God God was able to use it like a golden cup something that he valued something that he was happy about he was able to use it in the Lord's hand we have this reference to the fact that at one point Babylon was being used of God in a positive way and again I believe and our church's position is that the United States of America is end times Babylon the United States of America is that nation that's going to be used to bring in a one-world government to bring in a one-world religion and today especially around conservatives you find many people saying you know this statement make America great again but the truth of the matter is that I do believe that America was once to some point to some extent as far as nations go it was a golden cup in the hands of the Lord it was a nation that was being used of God and it was in some ways great however the United States of America that we live in right now is not that nation it's it's it's not great tonight it's not great today and I want to just take a few minutes tonight people think if they turn their music on they're gonna make me go you know less but it just pisses me off more so we might go louder and longer I want to give you some thoughts in regards to what made America great because tonight America is not great tonight America has a lot of problems tonight America has a lot of issues but there was a time when America was great they thought okay well maybe he will go shorter if we turn it off once they thought America America was a place that was being used of God but that has changed that is no longer the case go back to Psalm 33 if you would I realize we're at a park and you're probably not able to write notes but let me give you some thoughts and I want to give you four thoughts in regards to what once made America great what once made America great number one I'd like you to notice tonight what once made America great was America's emphasis on the Word of God and the house of God our nation once had an emphasis on the Word of God and on the house of God obviously America as a whole and Americans by and large have never all been saved and we don't believe that Americans were all Christians at some point we realize that broad is the way that leaded to destruction and many there be which go in there they're at we realize that most people are not saved if you go so winning with us and you talk to enough people who are religious you'll find out that most people even religious people are not saved we understand that but our nation did once as a society as a culture emphasize the Word of God and the house of God that's why even our our national buildings and historic buildings will have the Word of God inscripted on the walls why because America once had an emphasis on the Word of God and whenever a nation emphasizes the Word of God or the house of God it will be a blessed nation you're there in Psalm 33 look at verse 12 notice what the Bible says blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the Bible says that when we make God the Lord of our nation our nation will be blessed when we observe the house of God and the ha the Word of God go to Deuteronomy if you would yeah towards the beginning of the Bible there you have Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 4 and look at verse number 5 Deuteronomy chapter 4 and verse 5 the Bible says this behold I have taught you statutes and judgments this is a reference to the Word of God even as the Lord my God commanded me that you should do so in the land whether you go to possess verse 6 keep therefore and do them that's what we're talking about this morning we're not just supposed to observe the Word of God we are supposed to do the Word of God for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the side of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and say notice here you have the nation of Israel and God is telling them when people hear about your laws the statutes of the Word of God they shall hear them and say surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people for what nation is there so great who have God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for and what nation is there so great that have statutes and judgments so righteous as the laws which are set before you this day see the closer that a nation aligns itself to the Word of God and to the house of God that will be a blessed nation there's no there's no debate as to whether or not the United States of America has been a blessed nation this has been a prosperous land God's allowance of his blessing has obviously been upon our people but the reason for that is because in the past Americans did to some extent uphold to the Word of God today America has by and large walked away from God America has kicked God out of the governmental system America has decided that we don't longer want to be a Christian nation we want to be a pagan nation we want to be a heathen nation we want to be a nation that no longer upholds and no longer encourages and no longer promotes the Word of God or the house of God today we're told that regular church attendance has dropped from 70% of our population in the 1960s in the 1960s 70% of Americans went to church that has dropped to today just 20% of Americans attend church regularly more than 2 million people were told have left churches every year for the past seven years in just eight years the percentage of the u.s. population calling themselves Christians has decreased from 78% to 70% over half of Americans never attend church 68% of all American churches in the United States have a congregation with less than a hundred people including children and half of those churches have less than 50 people two-thirds of all American churches are experiencing no growth and a decline in numbers and again today conservatives want to say oh let's make America great again but let's remember what made America great was the fact that people went to church even if these churches and we understand that most of these churches were not preaching the true gospel are not preaching salvation by grace through faith but they're at least teaching the morals and character and integrity that came to the Word of God see today people say let's make America great okay well let's get back to church then because that's what made America great you say what was it that made America great once it was when people by and large had an emphasis and a respect for the Word of God even when people did not consider themselves Christians they at least had respect for the Bible and respect for the church house and respect for the things that the Word of God teaches in the past America did uphold the Word of God I'm not saying most Americans were saved I'm not saying most Americans were godly but there was at least a respect for the things of God today America has walked away from God so if you want to know what made America great once it was their adherence to the Word of God it was their adherence to the house of God go with me to Psalm 128 if you would Psalm 128 look at verse 1 Psalm 128 and verse 1 I said number one tonight well once made America great was America's emphasis on the Word of God secondly tonight like you to notice that what once made America great was not only America's emphasis on the Word of God but it was America's emphasis on the nuclear family Psalm 128 in verse 1 I want you to notice what Psalm 128 verse 1 says it says blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord that walketh in his ways for thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands happy shalt thou be in it shall be well with thee notice there in verse 3 thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house thy children like olive plants round about thy table behold that thus shalt the man be blessed that feareth the Lord one of the blessings that God said that would come upon a nation was when they would fear the Lord and when they would have wives and children when men would get married and they would produce children in fact the Bible teaches that lo children are in heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is his reward see in America there was once an emphasis on the nuclear family and again we understand that sometimes people don't get married and it just doesn't work out that way and they don't have children and we understand that and sometimes that's the way it goes but there used to be a time in our country when there was an emphasis on the idea that what you were supposed to do was you were supposed to grow up get married and then there was a husband and there was a wife and there were children and the husband went to work and provided for the family and protected the family and the wife stayed home and she was a keeper at home and she cared for the house and and the children were raised by their parents see in the past in America there was a strong emphasis on the nuclear family unit the idea that there is a dad that there is a mom that there are children that they perform that they that they create a family but today in America the nuclear family is under attack in fact there used to be a time in our country and I realized people have go through heartaches and they go through difficult times in their lives and maybe they end up divorce and we understand that and look we're not against you we're for you God wants to forgive you and we want to help you move on but there used to be a time in our country where you went to school even a public school and most kids in the classroom went home to a mom and a dad and in fact if there was a child that came from a divorced family that was a rare thing that was something that was unusual it was like that was the one kid in the classroom whose parents were divorced today it's different today it's rare if you have a mom and dad that are both your mom and dad and you go home and you live with your mom and your dad and you're a family unit today 42% were told to 45% of marriages end in divorce that's actually a rate that has declined in recent years but before you celebrate oh there's a decline in divorce that's a good thing just keep in mind it's not necessarily a good thing the reason that there has been a decline and that's a still a high number 42 to 45 percent of marriages and in divorce that's a high number but the divorce rates have declined not because divorces are in a decline but because couples cohabitating or what the Bible would call fornicating has increased a larger share of adults were told have cohabitated then have been married among adult ages 18 to 44 59% have lived with an unmarried partner at some point in their lives while 50% have been married according to Pew Research most Americans 69% say cohabitation is acceptable even if a couple doesn't plan to get married 37% of US adults favored allowing gays and lesbians to wed in 2009 a share that rose to 62% in 2017 gay and lesbian parents are raising 4% of all adopted children in the United States more than 16,000 same-sex couples are raising an estimated 22,000 adopted children in the United States tonight more than 16,000 adopted children are living with lesbian and gay parents in the state of California tonight same-sex partners in the United States are four times more likely than different sex partners to be raising an adopted child I'm here to tell you America is no longer great because there used to be a time in our country when a child would go home to his mother and his father and that was promoted that was accepted that was the norm and today we're telling homosexual partners that they can raise children today we're telling people that it's okay to fornicate it's okay to divorce it's okay to do whatever it is that you decide to do see what made America great was an emphasis on the nuclear family but the nuclear families under attack the LGBTQ mafia today has decided that they want to attack the nuclear family you say pastor I don't know if you should be talking about this we're out at the park right now and people could hear you well you know the Bible says men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil they got to turn the music up because they don't want to hear what I have to say some of you to be good for you to say amen let them know that there's some people who still think it's it's normal and still think it's right to preach against two men going to bed together there's an attack on the nuclear unit a famous group called black lives matter which has nothing to do with race and their stated goal on their website is to destroy the nuclear family explain to me what that has to do with race and racism you can call yourself black lives matter than we look we're Bible-believing Christians we love black people we love brown people I am one we love red and yellow black and white they are precious in his sight but please explain to me what that has to do with destroying the nuclear family what does race have to do with two men going to bed together what does race have to do with two women getting married together what does race have to do with two reprobates adopting children and molesting them and destroying their life what does race have to do with that but yet today in America we're told oh let's make America great well I'm all for making America great but here's what made America great the fact that there was an emphasis on the nuclear family the fact that it was a shame to to end up in divorce the fact that it was a shame to end up a pregnant outside of marriage and again if that's where you are and that's where you find yourself and we love you and we want to help you and we want to help you grow in Christ but let me tell you something we've got to get back to the place where we're teaching our children you stay pure and you stay clean and you get married and you raise your kids for God what made America great once was the fact that there was an emphasis on the nuclear family the fact that there was an emphasis on fathers raising their children fathers protecting their families fathers promoting their families providing for their families mom staying home with their children and raising their kids say can America be great tonight not while 16,000 Californians are being raised by same-sex couples no that won't bring God's blessing that will only bring his judgment go to Ecclesiastes chapter number 9 Ecclesiastes chapter number 9 you're there in Psalms you go Proverbs Ecclesiastes you say what made America great there was an emphasis on the Word of God what made America great it was an emphasis on the nuclear family you say what what made America great you know what made America great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9 and verse 10 whatsoever thy hand find it to do do it with thy might for there is no work nor devised or knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whether thou goes I return and saw under the Sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong neither yet bread to the wise nor yet riches to men of understanding nor yet favored to men of skill but time and chance happening to them all the Bible teaches that there are two things that will help you be a success in your life one is hard work and one is opportunity verse 10 of Ecclesiastes 9 says whatsoever thy hand find it to do do it with thy might that's hard work then in verse 11 we're told I saw under the Sun that the race is not to the Swift that the the battle is not to the strong that the bread is not to the wise riches are not to men of understanding that favors not to men of skill none of that part of verse 11 but time and chance happening to them all what is that that's opportunity you know here's what we believe we believe that you work hard and God will bring the opportunities your way to help you succeed and grow that's what we used to call the American dream people used to say that in America America was the land of opportunity America's that was not somewhere we have a culture in this country where migrants would come into this country not to receive a handout but because this was the land of opportunity this was a place where you can work where you could get to work where whatsoever that I had find it to do do it with my mind and then time and chance happening to them all you did hard work and then opportunity met you and you did hard work and then opportunity showed up see in the time past this was a land of work and opportunity today America is a welfare society today we are told an estimated 59 million Americans receive welfare during an average month today we are told 21.3 percent of the u.s. population participates in government assistance programs each month today we are told that more than 3.5 million Californians are on food stamps today we are told that four out of ten Americans are part of the welfare program for more I've been part of the welfare program for more than three years and look I'm not against helping people that need help and if there are elderly people or disabled people that need the help then we should be happy to help them and you know whether the government should do that or whatever I I believe the Bible teaches that those types of things widows and orphans should be cared for through the people of God and through the house of God we obviously live in a different society than that I'm not against people who need help getting the help but I'm here to tell you that today we live in a country where a bunch of guys that have nothing wrong with them they have well-abled bodies that can go to work and they choose not to they choose to be lazy they choose to allow the government to support their needs and provide their needs and I'm just saying we want to make America great well great let's do it but here's the thing what made America great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity you work hard an opportunity to meet you you work hard and time and chance happen to do them all but today today we're a welfare society today people are being supported by the government you say what's wrong with that well here's the problem when you're dependent on the government then you're not independent we're supposed to be celebrating Independence Day today well I can't be independent of the government while I'm physically dependent on the government you say pastor Jimenez what gives you the guts to stand up in a park like this and say these things that are not popular today here's what gives me the confidence and the ability to do it is that I don't need the government's help in any way shape or form I don't our church doesn't need the government's help in any way shape or form somebody recently asked me I was out and about and there their heart was in the right place they weren't saying anything mean or wrong but they they said all during this COVID thing that did your church apply for some you know these loan programs that the government puts out and I said no oh well you could have qualified for eyes that I know I could have qualified for it but I don't want to owe the money the government money I it's called conflict of interest I preach too hard against the government to ask them for something I make too many videos against the government I say too many things about Gavin Newsom to hold my hand out to Gavin Newsom what once made America great was this spirit of independence you say what's the spirit of independence it's not grilling hamburgers and setting off fireworks although I'm not against that the spirit of independence is that I can go and provide for my family I can work hard an opportunity will meet me and the blessing of God will beat me and I can be truly autonomous you say what made America great was an emphasis on hard work was an emphasis on opportunity go to Proverbs 14 if you would you're there in Psalm just flip over to Proverbs Proverbs chapter 14 Proverbs 14 and verse 34 I said number one tonight what made America great was an emphasis on the Word of God in the house of God what made America great was an emphasis on the nuclear family what made America great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity let me tell you tonight number four what made America great once was the America's emphasis on righteousness and morality Proverbs 14 and 34 says righteousness exalted a nation but sin is a reproach to any people see you cannot have you cannot be a golden cup and the in the hands of the Lord if you are promoting wickedness and perverseness it is righteousness it is right living that exalted a nation but sin is a reproach to any people see in the past America has been a society of decency obviously debauchery has always been around but at least before it was hidden it was secret we're told about the homosexual movement that they came out of the closet the idea is that they used to be hidden it used to be shameful it used to be something that yes it happened but it happened somewhere in the dark recesses of the pervertedness of certain cities not something that was promoted in the past America has been a society of decency today America in America today debauchery is accepted and promoted and protected we're told that 34% of evangelicals believe that abortion is morally acceptable we're told that nearly half of young evangelicals today favor same-sex marriage we're told that two-thirds of those who are 18 to 34 years of age do not believe that premarital sex is ever wrong we're told that 59% of the majority of US adults say abortion should be legal in most cases we're told that nearly 1 million u.s. households are a comprise of same sex couples we're told that 54% of u.s. churches allow openly gay and lesbian couples to hold full-fledged membership today we live in a nation where being a pervert and being a reprobate and being a predator is not only accepted like we just had in the month of June here Pride Month it's promoted and it's also protected in fact today they're trying to scare preachers like me who stand up and say hey it's wrong hey it's disgusting hey it's wicked hey we gotta get away from that you say what do should we do put him back in the closet the preachers were sent up and preach the word of God if God's people would stand up and make it know that we're not okay with it we don't think it's okay we don't think it's funny we think it's disgusting you say you'll never get rid of it but can it at least go back in the closet can it at least be hidden from the eyes of our children can it at least not be something else for a motive you can't walk through an airport today without seeing some picture of two hairy disgusting men holding each other and hugging each other and you think we're going to make America great righteousness exalted the nation the Bible says America will only be great when she goes back to emphasizing righteousness and morality when she goes back to emphasizing decency when she goes back to fighting against debauchery fighting against perverseness fighting the Predators today there are those who say let's make America great I say let's do it I just don't think you're committed today there are those who say let's make America great again I say hey let's try it but I don't think you realize what made America great to begin with say what made America great was an emphasis on the Word of God what made America great was an emphasis on the nuclear family unit what made America great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity what made America great was an emphasis on righteousness and morality and that's why I can say today definitively America is not great we don't live in a great nation tonight righteousness the Bible tells us exalted a nation but we can't make America great if men of God and the people of God would stand up stand up and be known and make it known that we want to take America back we don't like the direction it's headed we understand it's end times Babylon and we understand that there's nothing we can do about that those things are set in stone but at least for a while could it be that she could be a golden cup in the hand of the Lord or just a little while but we have to take America back we have to preach the Word of God we have to be righteous we should love people we should help people we should obviously try to restore people but we have to be clear about what we believe we have to be clear about the Word of God here's all I'm saying I'm saying what most Republicans say they want today let's make America great but we're gonna do it through the Word of God through the house of God and through the preaching of the Bible let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer Heavenly Father Lord we do thank you for allowing us to gather together and thank you Lord for the fact that there is a church in Sacramento California that is willing to stand up and be heard we're willing to take a stand for the Word of God to take a stand for the things of God we understand that today this is called hate speech we understand that today they would call us a cult they would call us hateful but Lord help us to always side with the Word of God we love you in the matchless name of Christ we pray amen